CQU hosts Chinese university leader
Published on 10 October, 2005
Central Queensland University’s Rockhampton and Bundaberg campuses have hosted a VIP visitor under the Chinese University Administrators’ Shadowing (CHUAS) Program for 2005.
Professor Li Xungui spent most of last week at CQU under the CHUAS Program, which enables Chinese university leaders to ‘shadow’ their counterparts at Australian universities to diversify their skills and also to seek opportunities for collaboration with Australian universities.
Simultaneously, the CHUAS program allows Australian university executives to learn about the administration of Chinese universities.
Professor Li is the newly-appointed President of China’s Guangzhou City Polytechnic University, which serves 16,000 students and was based on a merger of four municipal colleges. During her time at CQU, Professor Li had a very varied program of visits, engaging with faculties, divisions and staff of the international office to discuss structures and quality management processes.
She also visited the Bundaberg campus and the CAD-CAM industrial design program at Bundaberg High school (funded by the Federal Government with resources secured via a joint venture with CQU).
Professor Li had a busy schedule in Rockhampton despite arriving on a weekend. She witnessed one of the CQU Rockhampton graduation ceremonies before touring the Koorana Crocodile Farm and Olsen’s Caves.
Professor Li started the working week by attending CQU’s weekly senior executive meeting before touring the campus and meeting with CQU International staff members.
Professor Li was one of 16 Chinese university leaders in Australia during early October under the CHUAS Program.
The visitors were interested in university governance, academic affairs, research, human resources, funding resources and financial management and the operations of the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee.
Professor Li has thanked all involved at CQU for a rich and rewarding experience and greatly values the opportunity that the CHUAS program has afforded Chinese senior university executives.
Photo: Inge Leibnitz (left) and Professor Elizabeth Taylor were among those helping to host Professor Li.